ColoniesUse the following map to answer questions 1 & 2.
1. Where did the Dutch settle according to the map above?
2. What was the name given to the colony established by the Dutch in what is now called New York?
3. What was the major reason the original settlers of Plymouth Colony, Maryland, and Pennsylvania came to America?
4. Why did European countries establish colonies?
5. What crop helped the Jamestown (Virginia) Colony profit?
6. Which heading best completes the partial outline below?
Base your answers to questions 7 through 9 on the diagram below and on your knowledge of social studies.
7. Which area of the thirteen colonies is represented by web A?
8. What were the main exports produced by colonists in web C?
9. The differences between the three webs shown in the diagram were mainly due to _.
10. According to the pie chart, in 1775, which was the largest ethnic group in the colonies?
11. Which was the main reason Puritans and Pilgrims came to the New World?
12. Interaction with those around you.
13. Government of the Plymouth Colony that allows the people to make decisions.
14. The way a culture makes, trades, and consumes goods and services.
15. The economic system that creates and maintains wealth through a country’s colonies.
16. The government of the Virginia Colony.
Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace -- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! ….Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? …..Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! -- I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
- Patrick Henry
17. What does the speaker in the quote above supporting?
18. The policies shown in the signpost above led to _.
19. What two countries fought each other in the French and Indian War?
20. A result of the French and Indian War was _.
21. What was a result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the American Revolution?
22. The colonists claimed that Parliament did not have the right to tax them because the _.
23. In the American colonies, boycotts were an effective way of protesting British policies mainly because the boycotts _.
24. The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonial settlement west of a border that ran roughly along the _.
25. What was the purpose of the “Writs of Assistance?"
26. What was the primary purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
Revolutionary TeaThere was an old lady lived over the seaAnd she was an island queen.Her daughter lived off in a new countryWith an ocean of water between.The old lady’s pockets were full of goldBut never contented was she,So she called on her daughter to pay her a taxOf three pence a pound on her tea,Of three pence a pound on her tea.
27. In the above poem, who is the “old lady?"
28. What was a result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the American Revolution?
29. Stated that the American colonists could only trade with England.
30. This law allowed the king to keep a standing army in the colonies.
31. This event was used by some colonists as propaganda to turn people against the British.
32. Meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to respond to Britain’s increased taxes and abuses of authority.
33. To refuse to buy certain goods; method often used in protest movements.
34. Which of the following choices is in correct chronological order?
35. What fighting strategy was an advantage for the American?
36. What was the purpose of the British blockade?
37. An advantage of the Americans during the Revolutionary War was?
38. An advantage of the British during the War was ___.
39. Who was named Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army?
40. What was the British strategy during the War for Independence?
41. What country was a key ally of the Americans during the Revolutionary War?
42. Which battle is widely considered to be the turning point of the Revolutionary War?
43. When the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783 to end the Revolutionary War, what was the western boundary given to the newly formed United States of America?
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. – from the Declaration of Independence
44. The quote above is referring to the idea that governments get their power from _.
45. Who is considered to be the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
46. British law-making body
47. Persons who would support the British in the American Revolution.
48. Name given to British soldiers.
49. Persons who would support the movement for independence.
50. Countries who pledge to assist another country.
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Colonies Use the following map to answer questions 1 & 2.
1. Where did the Dutch settle according to the map above?
2. What was the name given to the colony established by the Dutch in what is now called New York?
3. What was the major reason the original settlers of Plymouth Colony, Maryland, and Pennsylvania came to America?
4. Why did European countries establish colonies?
5. What crop helped the Jamestown (Virginia) Colony profit?
6. Which heading best completes the partial outline below?
Base your answers to questions 7 through 9 on the diagram below and on your knowledge of social studies.
7. Which area of the thirteen colonies is represented by web A?
8. What were the main exports produced by colonists in web C?
9. The differences between the three webs shown in the diagram were mainly due to _.
10. According to the pie chart, in 1775, which was the largest ethnic group in the colonies?
11. Which was the main reason Puritans and Pilgrims came to the New World?
12. Interaction with those around you.
13. Government of the Plymouth Colony that allows the people to make decisions.
14. The way a culture makes, trades, and consumes goods and services.
15. The economic system that creates and maintains wealth through a country’s colonies.
16. The government of the Virginia Colony.
Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace -- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! ….Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? …..Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! -- I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
- Patrick Henry
17. What does the speaker in the quote above supporting?
18. The policies shown in the signpost above led to _.
19. What two countries fought each other in the French and Indian War?
20. A result of the French and Indian War was _.
21. What was a result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the American Revolution?
22. The colonists claimed that Parliament did not have the right to tax them because the _.
23. In the American colonies, boycotts were an effective way of protesting British policies mainly because the boycotts _.
24. The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonial settlement west of a border that ran roughly along the _.
25. What was the purpose of the “Writs of Assistance?"
26. What was the primary purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
Revolutionary TeaThere was an old lady lived over the seaAnd she was an island queen.Her daughter lived off in a new countryWith an ocean of water between.The old lady’s pockets were full of goldBut never contented was she,So she called on her daughter to pay her a taxOf three pence a pound on her tea,Of three pence a pound on her tea.
27. In the above poem, who is the “old lady?"
28. What was a result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the American Revolution?
29. Stated that the American colonists could only trade with England.
30. This law allowed the king to keep a standing army in the colonies.
31. This event was used by some colonists as propaganda to turn people against the British.
32. Meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to respond to Britain’s increased taxes and abuses of authority.
33. To refuse to buy certain goods; method often used in protest movements.
34. Which of the following choices is in correct chronological order?
35. What fighting strategy was an advantage for the American?
36. What was the purpose of the British blockade?
37. An advantage of the Americans during the Revolutionary War was?
38. An advantage of the British during the War was ___.
39. Who was named Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army?
40. What was the British strategy during the War for Independence?
41. What country was a key ally of the Americans during the Revolutionary War?
42. Which battle is widely considered to be the turning point of the Revolutionary War?
43. When the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783 to end the Revolutionary War, what was the western boundary given to the newly formed United States of America?
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. – from the Declaration of Independence
44. The quote above is referring to the idea that governments get their power from _.
45. Who is considered to be the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
46. British law-making body
47. Persons who would support the British in the American Revolution.
48. Name given to British soldiers.
49. Persons who would support the movement for independence.
50. Countries who pledge to assist another country.